This
page and the other pages in this series are the successors to the series
of web-page about the Camden Fire Department that began with the page Camden
Fire Department: The Fires of the Summer of 2011. On this and other
pages in the series you will find pictures and information regarding
different events and aspects of the fire service in Camden, New Jersey.

I
was in East Camden late in the afternoon of September 11 when a call
over the radio sending Engine Company 9 to Beideman Avenue in the
Baldwin's Run development, which formerly was known as Westfield Acres.
There was some confusion as to what was going on and where, and it
turned out to be for for good reason.

Camden
police were pursuing a suspect in the 200 block of North 32nd Street who
turned and faced them with a weapon. Police fired on the suspect,
wounding him in two places. The suspect fled on foot to a house on
Beideman Avenue, where he was apprehended. Once the situation was safe,
EMS personnel went in and transported the suspect to Cooper Hospital.

After
it was established as to what had taken place, Engine 9 went over to
North 32nd Street and made sure that there was no risk of fire from the
suspects vehicle.

As with
the web page covering other Camden Fire Department events, if you can
identify anyone that I've missed, please e-mail me. (I'm terrible
at at names and faces).

Officers then saw Baskin holding a gun as he got out of his car and ran toward Beideman Avenue, where he encountered police behind a house on the 200 block. A Camden officer fired once at Baskin when he refused an order to drop his gun, which was recovered at the scene.